Rising Sun Page #10

Synopsis: At the offices of a Japanese corporation, during a party, a woman, who's evidently a professional mistress, is found dead, apparently after some rough sex. A police detective, Web Smith is called in to investigate but before getting there, he gets a call from someone who instructs him to pick up John Connor, a former police Captain and expert on Japanese affairs. When they arrive there Web thinks that everything is obvious but Connor tells him that there's a lot more going on.
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Director(s): Philip Kaufman
Production: Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
  1 win & 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
56
Rotten Tomatoes:
34%
R
Year:
1993
129 min
770 Views


- Repay me? For what?

- Well...

- The key.

The key? Ah, yes, the key.

The key is don't talk about it, just do it.

The kohai talks, the sempai knows.

- If I wanna be a sempai...

- No.

The key.

- What?

- The key to your car.

Oh. Yeah.

I knew that.

Today at golf, we'll be discussing how I can

help Nakamoto pull out of the MicroCon deal,

without losing face.

- Keiretsu interruptus.

- Exactly.

Very nice working with you, kohai.

- See you.

- See you.

- Yoshida-san.

- (speaks Japanese)

A perfect day for golf.

Well, thanks to your help,

we were able to find out who did it.

- Did you?

- Did we what?

Find out?

Find out? You mean who did it?

Come on.

Well, in Japan, the one

who confesses to being the murderer

doesn't have to be the one that actually did it.

It's an old tradition that, out of loyalty,

an innocent man will take the rap for his boss.

- It's his duty.

- That's not what happened here.

That Richmond guy, he would have done

anything to make that deal go through.

He was working with Ishihara.

A yuppie facilitator,

a hustling business samurai.

- Wave of the future.

- If you say so.

If I say so? Look, I'm a cop.

It's my business to know these things.

Besides, what about Connor?

- What about him?

- The guy's always right.

If you say so.

Did I say something

to anger you or something?

No, nothing you said.

Then what is it?

- Golf.

- Golf?

- I don't get it.

- There it is up there.

You live here. 428 Rose Street.

Well, well, well.

When I came to pick him up that first time,

behind the sliding panel,

that was you?

The gaijin that you lived with in Japan,

that was Connor.

Thanks for giving me a lift.

Wait a minute.

There's some things here I don't understand.

Yes. Goodbye, kohai.

No, no.

Look, I mean, the guy, he's playing golf now.

You and me, we're alone.

And...

I know.

They say loyalty is important.

It all comes down to who you trust.

Wait a minute.

When you said that line about:

"Always leave the cage door open

so the bird can return",

what the hell does that mean anyway?

Who knows?

When you figure it out, Web, let me know.

Damn.

Hm.

Huh.

(Connor) Kohai...

(Smith laughs)

( "Don't Fence Me In" on piano)

Don't fence me in

Just turn me loose,

let me straddle my old saddle

Underneath the western skies

On my cayuse, let me wander over yonder

Till I see the mountains rise

I want to ride to the ridge

where the west commences

Gaze at the moon till I lose my senses

Can't look at hovels and I can't stand fences

Don't fence me in

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Philip Kaufman

Philip Kaufman (born October 23, 1936) is an American film director and screenwriter who has directed fifteen films over a career spanning more than five decades. He has been described as a "maverick" and an "iconoclast," notable for his versatility and independence. He is considered an "auteur", whose films have always expressed his personal vision.His choice of topics has been eclectic and sometimes controversial, having adapted novels with diverse themes and stories. Kaufman's works have included genres such as realism, horror, fantasy, erotica, Westerns, underworld crime, and inner city gangs. Examples are Milan Kundera's The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988), Michael Crichton's Rising Sun (1993), a remake of Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978), and the erotic writings of Anaïs Nin's Henry & June. His film The Wanderers (1979) has achieved cult status. But his greatest success was Tom Wolfe's true-life The Right Stuff, which received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture. According to film historian Annette Insdorf, "no other living American director has so consistently and successfully made movies for adults, tackling sensuality, artistic creation, and manipulation by authorities." Other critics note that Kaufman's films are "strong on mood and atmosphere," with powerful cinematography and a "lyrical, poetic style" to portray different historic periods. His later films have a somewhat European style, but the stories always "stress individualism and integrity, and are clearly American." more…

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